(Nuggets from Galatians 1:4)
Jesus Christ gave Himself up as a sacrifice on the cross of Calvary in order to salvage us from our sins. Jesus died and rose again, showing that sin, death and evil have been defeated already!
This means your sin and guilt has been taken by Jesus Christ and has been wiped out forever. Jesus died so as to deliver us from the stranglehold that this present world system has over us. It is an evil influence, whether we recognize it or not. It is headed and masterminded by none other than satan himself.
The enemy doesn’t want you to enjoy the BLISS in Heaven which He has LOST FOREVER. He wants you to be a rebel like him, and put yourself in harms way, to constitute a nuisance in this world by influencing what you do, and controlling the way you live your life, he is happy and satisfied so long as God is not in the picture.
But to succeed, he must blind you and make you IGNORANT, and keep you constantly ‘under his thumb’. Only Jesus Christ, the Son of God can rescue you from that terrible servitude.
All these happened because it was the Father’s desire and intention. He planned it all. He has sent His Son so that you might be forgiven and that you might be freed from the power and influence of this godless world in which we live.
What a fabulous thing to be forgiven our sins by God the Father! Jesus became the PROPITIATION for our sins.
When we are joined to Him by FAITH, our sins are covered by the spilling of His blood, so we are no longer judged guilty, and His perfect obedience is counted as our own, so we are now declared righteous.
Without His blood, our UNRIGHTEOUSNESS would remain UNADDRESSED. With His blood, we can stand and boldly say that we are THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN CHRIST.
JESUS' BLOOD SHED ON THE CROSS JUSTIFIES US (AS MANY WHO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT).
Ephesians 1:7 says, “In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses.”
Jesus purchased our TRUE FREEDOM. True freedom is not the ability to do whatever you like with reckless abandon.
TRUE FREEDOM is total deliverance from the shackles of satan, which man willingly yielded to by the disobedience in the Garden of Eden.
Jesus Christ REDEEMED us, bought us back, and secured our FREEDOM, putting an end to our bondage.
Because of our sins, we all were (and many continue to be) in spiritual captivity. The devil had power over us because of our violations of God’s law. But in Christ, by the shedding of his blood, God purchased our freedom from the penalty demanded by justice and from the power of satan.
“Having forgiven us all our trespasses, by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands.”
(Colossians 2:13-14)
We have this GREAT PRIVILEGE because of God the Father, and one thing we can do in return is to LIVE OUR LIVES FOR HIM in appreciation, and vow to NEVER TAKE HIS LOVE AND MERCY FOR GRANTED.
This is HOLINESS CHALLENGE
DAY 29 OF 365 (2026)
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